Hello.
Havent been able to find a definate answer to my newbie question. Sorry if has been covered before.

I want to make a module where I can patch 4 gates/signals from seperate lunetta modules into it and this module would mix them down and spit out a control voltage that I can use with my regular modular synth gear.
No need to worry about tuning or attenuation but some protection of some sort so no spikes fry my pricey gear would be good.
Maybe with a slew feature to smooth out the square wave steps if its easy for someone with limited skilz...

Any idea where I can find a simple schematic or any tips on how to pull this off would be ace.

I would just put the 4 signals into an R/2R network. 4 bits would give you a resolution of 16 steps. To "slew" between them, include an op-amp stage with a cap in the feedback path (I think? Help me Les! )_________________What makes a space ours, is what we put there, and what we do there.

Ive seen this R/2R ladder DAC bandied about and am thankful you clarified that it is infact what I need in this application. I am however a noob that requires some hand holding it would seem, sorry.
I have done some googling and searching here, have gathered that I need two different resistor values for the ladder, have seen a lot of mathematical equations to work out these values but my brain froze trying to recall what my highschool teacher was yelling about all those years ago...
R2 being double the value of R1 I cannot find clear enough directions on what I actually need for my particular application. I feel somewhat guilty and embarressed about showing my ineptitude but I know this is a friendly place.
Im running my lunetta on a single 9VDC psu and the opamp buffer I will use on the back end of this R/2R ladder will tap into this psu...
I require the output CV from this ladder to be in the range of 0V to 5V at around 50kohms for my other gear.
I am yet to experiment with this on a breadboard yet but will head out to purchase resistors to do it in the next day or two.
Can anyone shed some light on what resistor values I should buy to play around with?
You guys are great, thanks in advance.
Also with the slewing, Id like to have its effect pot controllable.
Cheers

Ive seen this R/2R ladder DAC bandied about and am thankful you clarified that it is infact what I need in this application. I am however a noob that requires some hand holding it would seem, sorry.
I have done some googling and searching here, have gathered that I need two different resistor values for the ladder, have seen a lot of mathematical equations to work out these values but my brain froze trying to recall what my highschool teacher was yelling about all those years ago...

you can just throw in almost any values if you aren't worried about accuraccy, 100k and 220k are pretty close to the values required, 330k and 680k are too. Use whatever you have to hand, just remember don't go too low, you don't want to overstress your CMOS outputs with something ridiculously low like a ladder made from 10 ohm and 22ohm resistors

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I require the output CV from this ladder to be in the range of 0V to 5V at around 50kohms for my other gear.
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Can anyone shed some light on what resistor values I should buy to play around with?
You guys are great, thanks in advance.

No problem, my cause is to further the weird sounds in the world
I would make an op-amp amplifier, of the non-inverting variety. You could do a lot of reading to simplify things a bit for yourself here or just look up the standard non-inverting op amp amplifier, then you can use it to attenuate the signal from your R2R ladder to be a lower voltage. Most A to D converters I see have that amplification stage tacked on the end to scale the voltages you get out of it.

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Also with the slewing, Id like to have its effect pot controllable.
Cheers

exchange the resistor in the standard low pass filter for a potentiometer and you have a variable slewificator. Might be an idea to put the pot in series with a low value resistor._________________As a mad scientist I am ruled by the dictum of science: "I could be wrong about this but lets find out"

You can use all the same value resistors.
Use two in parallel for "R" and one for "2R".
Or, use one for "R" and two in series for "2R".
This makes it easier to get the proper ratios with what you may have on hand.

This is what I did today with some resistors I had laying around... It worked and Im extremely happy.
I am constantly surprised how easy this stuff actually is with just a little effort what Im also super excited about is that with a little help from you guys in this fabulous forum I will be able to make the objects in my head a physical reality.
Thankyou

http://electro-music.com/forum/topic-50859.html
Too sleep deprived for lots of words; Observe, for I have done a similar circuit before._________________As a mad scientist I am ruled by the dictum of science: "I could be wrong about this but lets find out"

Will solder everything up today and work on a slew module. Have found a schematic for smooth glide/slewing here:
http://www.sdiy.org/pinky/data/bin5schem.pdf
The two op amps in the bottom right corner around P5; the 1M pot...

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